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Old 05-29-2009, 10:34 AM   #58
CayugaRed2005
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Not to sidetrack the conversation here, but I started to read up a bit on some ontological arguments for the existence of a supreme force or being, and I found the following argument from Descartes interesting:

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1. Whatever I clearly and distinctly perceive to be contained in the idea of something, is true of that thing.
2. I clearly and distinctly perceive that necessary existence is contained in the idea of God.
3. Therefore, God necessarily exists.
Kind of like how a transcendental number exists.
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